SUBMITTED BY ARTHUR N1ORC - AMSAT A/C #31468
> April 18, 2007
>> Katherine Trinidad
> Headquarters, Washington
> 202-358-3749
>> James Hartsfield
>>> SPACE STATION CREW LANDING MOVED TO SATURDAY
>> WASHINGTON - The 14th crew of the International Space Station,
> Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin,
> along with Spaceflight Participant Charles Simonyi, will land at 8:30
> a.m. EDT Saturday, April 21 in Kazakhstan.
>> The return of the Soyuz spacecraft was delayed a day, and the landing
> site was moved farther south. The Russian Federal Space Agency,
> Roscosmos, made the decisions to avoid wet conditions at the original
> landing site that could have interfered with recovery helicopter
> operations.
>> NASA Television will air highlights of the crew's return Saturday.
> - 1:30 a.m. - coverage begins with hatch closure and a replay of
> farewells
> - 4:45 a.m. - coverage resumes for the Soyuz undocking, planned for
> 5:11 a.m.
> - 7:15 a.m. - coverage resumes for the deorbit burn and landing
> - 7:42 a.m. - the Soyuz will fire its engines to begin its descent to
> Earth
>> For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information,
> visit:
>>http://www.nasa.gov/ntv>> The newsroom at NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, will open at 7
> a.m. Saturday and remain open through landing. For more information
> on the space station and the Expedition crews, visit:
>>http://www.nasa.gov/station>>> -end-
>>>>>>